Present
المُضَارِع · now and habits: the b- forms (بَكْتِب)
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| أَنَاI drive | ||
| إِنْتَyou drive (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِyou drive (to a woman) | ||
| هُوَّhe drives | ||
| هِيَّshe drives | ||
| إِحْنَاwe drive | ||
| إِنْتُوyou all drive | ||
| هُمَّthey drive |
EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB
سَاق
to drive
- #128 most used
- Irregular verb
- Active participle: سَايِق
Conjugation
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Past
المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| أَنَاI drove | ||
| إِنْتَyou drove (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِyou drove (to a woman) | ||
| هُوَّhe drove | ||
| هِيَّshe drove | ||
| إِحْنَاwe drove | ||
| إِنْتُوyou all drove | ||
| هُمَّthey drove |
Future
المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| أَنَاI will drive | ||
| إِنْتَyou will drive (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِyou will drive (to a woman) | ||
| هُوَّhe will drive | ||
| هِيَّshe will drive | ||
| إِحْنَاwe will drive | ||
| إِنْتُوyou all will drive | ||
| هُمَّthey will drive |
After want, must and can
المُضَارِع المُجَرَّد · the bare present (عَايِز أَكْتِب, لاَزِم تِكْتِب)
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| أَنَا(that) I drive | ||
| إِنْتَ(that) you drive (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِ(that) you drive (to a woman) | ||
| هُوَّ(that) he drives | ||
| هِيَّ(that) she drives | ||
| إِحْنَا(that) we drive | ||
| إِنْتُو(that) you all drive | ||
| هُمَّ(that) they drive |
Commands
الأَمْر · to a man, a woman and several people, and don’t
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| إِنْتَdrive! (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِdrive! (to a woman) | ||
| إِنْتُوdrive! (to several people) |
How to use سَاق
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present
مَبَسُوقْش فِي القَاهِرَة, الزَّحْمَة كِتِير.
I don't drive in Cairo, there's too much traffic.
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Past
سُقْت العَرَبِيَّة لِحَدّ إِسْكِنْدِرِيَّة.
I drove the car all the way to Alexandria.
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Future
كَرِيم هَيْسُوق وِإِحْنَا هَنْنَام.
Karim will drive and we'll sleep.
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After want, must and can
مُمْكِن أَسُوق شُوَيَّة, يَا عَمّ مَحْمُود?
Can I drive a little, Uncle Mahmoud?
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Commands
سُوق بِالرَّاحَة, الشَّارِع مَلْيَان عِيَال.
Drive slowly, the street is full of kids.
Good to know
- سَاق is to drive a car; the driver is السَّوَّاق, and سَايِق, the participle, is whoever is at the wheel right now.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: irregular verb.